Vudu resets user passwords after burglars steal hard drives

Vudu has issued a mandatory password reset for its users after experiencing a security breach late last month. With these types of stories, "security breach" usually implies that a hacker has compromised a company's servers remotely, gaining access to sensitive...

WOW! A actual physical theft?! Talk about low tech. Im surprised at the brazeness of this action. You would figure that hacking would have been the safest appraoch for them. Less chances at getting caught. But a physical burglary? Well they left clues as to who they were. Finger prints, hair and fibers, possibly some DNA. I will give them points for balls, but then take some away for general stupidity.

WOW! A actual physical theft?! Talk about low tech. Im surprised at the brazeness of this action. You would figure that hacking would have been the safest appraoch for them. Less chances at getting caught. But a physical burglary? Well they left clues as to who they were. Finger prints, hair and fibers, possibly some DNA. I will give them points for balls, but then take some away for general stupidity.

WOW! A actual physical theft?! Talk about low tech. Im surprised at the brazeness of this action. You would figure that hacking would have been the safest appraoch for them. Less chances at getting caught. But a physical burglary? Well they left clues as to who they were. Finger prints, hair and fibers, possibly some DNA. I will give them points for balls, but then take some away for general stupidity.

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I doubt the police are going to pursue common thieves so relentlessly. There will be a routine investigation that ends with an insurance claim. Unless they did something profoundly stupid during the burglary they'll be laughing all the way... Well, to wherever they're going.